A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act revising, superseding, and consolidating the laws relative to the governing authority of DeKalb County and creating a chairman and board of commissioners of said county, approved March 8, 1956 (Ga. L. 1956, p. 3237), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 9, 1981 (Ga. L. 1981, p. 4304), so as to change the composition of the governing authority; to abolish the office of chief executive officer; to provide for a commission chairperson to be elected at large; to shorten certain terms of office; to provide for elections and new terms of office; to provide for term limits; to provide for a county manager; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Status History

Mar/16/2016 - House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

Mar/08/2016 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted

Mar/07/2016 - House Second Readers

Mar/02/2016 - House First Readers

Feb/29/2016 - Senate Reconsidered Lost

Feb/26/2016 - Senate Notice to Reconsider

Feb/26/2016 - Senate Passed/Adopted

Feb/26/2016 - Senate Third Read

Feb/18/2016 - Senate Read Second Time

Feb/17/2016 - Senate Committee Favorably Reported

Feb/16/2016 - Senate Read and Referred

Feb/15/2016 - Senate Hopper

Footnotes

03/08/2016 Withdrawn from Intragovernmental Coordination - Local Legislation and recommitted to Governmental Affairs